U.S. voters face a fork in coming election
To the editor:
Being more than 78 years old, I remember many presidential elections. The upcoming 2012 election, however, appears to be totally different from any previous election in my memory.
The way I see it, no matter who the Republican nominee eventually is, this election will not be the typical Republican versus Democrat race. It will be much larger in scope. It will be the free-market system which has served the United States well for more than 200 years pitted against European socialism and globalization.
This is sort of like a fork in the road. It will be interesting to see which way U.S. voters will take.
VERLON J. BERKEMEYER
NORTH LAS VEGAS
All even
To the editor:
So many people in the United States go to bed at night hungry, yet Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich spend millions of dollars trying to become the next president.
It's totally insane. They both say they want to help the people of the United States. If they are so sincere, why don't they spend half of their money on commercials and the other half on the people who are hungry?
One other thing that irks me: What's the big deal that all these millionaires complain about paying a 30 percent income tax rate? Ask any American whether he'd be willing to pay 30 percent in taxes if he made $1 million.
So, all you Republicans, stop complaining when President Obama says let's make the field even.
MIKE KERZETSKI
LAS VEGAS
What's fair?
To the editor:
In his State of the Union address, President Obama urged "a fair shot for all." Pardon me, but don't we currently have laws designed to provide "a fair shot for all"?
These laws are incorporated in our original Constitution and supplemented, through the years, by constitutional Amendments. Is not the president aware of all of the protections provided for all citizens in the Constitution? Or was he just grandstanding?
Just speculating, but could Mr. Obama -- in saying "a fair shot for all" -- mean something completely different than what's provided in the U.S. Constitution?
If so, "a fair shot for all" could mean that perhaps the president favors an egalitarian society that fits with his view and the view of others around him.
If the president seeks to remake us into an egalitarian society, it would be in direct conflict with our Constitution. I do not think a majority of the American citizenry would want that.
Remember these facts when voting in November.
CLARENCE LANZRATH
LAS VEGAS
